Few interesting articles for your Saturday morning digest: Urbanization alters the physicochemical environment: A new study suggests that urban soil archaeal and bacterial communities are not vulnerable to biodiversity loss, whereas global diversity loss of ectomycorrhizal fungi was observed. Researchers believe they have found a method of hunting for buried landmines and explosive devices using a combination of engineered bacteria and lasers. And another reason to be engaged in sports activities: a study highlights differences of microbiota and secondary metabolites in elite athletes.
General microbiome
Remote detection of buried landmines using a bacterial sensor – Shimshon Belkin – Nature Biotech
Next-generation approaches to understand and combat the antibiotic resistome – Terence S. Crofts – Nature Reviews
Human Oral Microbiome
Microbiomes of the normal middle ear and ears with chronic otitis media – Shujiro B. Minami – Laryngoscope
Human gut microbiome
The microbiome of professional athletes differs from that of more sedentary subjects in composition and particularly at the functional metabolic level– Wiley Barton – Gut
The MS-Associated Gut Microbiome – Sergio E Baranzini – Multiple Sclerosis Journal
Mental Health
Oral treatment with Lactobacillus rhamnosus attenuates behavioral deficits and immune changes in chronic social stress – Aadil Bharwani – BMC Medicine
Animal microbiome
Complete Genome Sequence of Akkermansia glycaniphila Strain PytT, a Mucin-Degrading Specialist of the Reticulated Python Gut – Janneke P. Ouwerkerk – Genome Announcements
Water and extremophile microbiome
Spatial variation in bacterial community in natural wetland-river-sea ecosystems –
Hongxia Zhang – J. of Basic Microbiology
Built environment
Urbanization erodes ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and may cause microbial communities to converge – Dietrich JE Schmidt -Nature Ecology & Evolution
Prebiotics
Prebiotic evaluation of red seaweed (Kappaphycus alvarezii) using in vitro colon model – DM Bajury – International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition